Court Battles
John Dean, who was a counsel for former President Nixon, commented in a Saturday interview that the New York hush money trial against former President Trump is very strong, particularly with the awaited testimony from Trump’s ex-fixer Michael Cohen. Dean stated in a CNN interview that he has reviewed the trial transcripts…
Republican politicians have flocked to New York City in recent days to stand alongside former President Trump as he attends his hush money trial. Trump’s group on Monday included several members of Congress: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), who represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. Sen.…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) stuck by his attacks against the daughter of the judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case on Sunday, claiming she is a “political operative.” Scott was in New York City on Thursday to support Trump in his criminal case, where he faces over 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related…
A three-judge appeals panel in Texas ruled Wednesday that winter storm lawsuits against transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward. The ruling came from Texas’s 14th Court of Appeals in Houston and will allow lawsuits related to the deadly 2021 winter storm to proceed on allegations of negligence against defendants CenterPoint Energy, Oncor Electric…
A New York judge rejected former President Trump’s presidential immunity claims in his hush money case Wednesday, saying Trump waited too long to raise the defense. Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling removes another pathway for Trump to delay his upcoming hush money trial, which on April 15 is slated to become the first criminal trial of…
Many Democratic lawmakers have submitted a legal document to the Supreme Court opposing the enforcement of criminal penalties on homeless individuals. Led by Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), 18 Democrats argue that it is unconstitutional to arrest or fine people who have no alternative but to sleep outdoors, and that it will trap homeless people in a repetitive cycle.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office is opposing former President Trump’s demand that his fast-approaching hush money trial be delayed because of prejudicial publicity. In court papers made public on Wednesday, prosecutors argued the April 15 trial date should go ahead as planned, noting it was Trump’s eighth bid to postpone the schedule as…
A judge in Washington banned the use of videos enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) as evidence in the trial of a man who is accused of killing three people. The ruling, signed Friday by King County Superior Court Judge Leroy McCullough, may be the first-of-its-kind ruling in court as AI tech emerges. It was first…
The proprietor and management company of the cargo ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week requested a federal judge Monday to limit its legal liability for the fatal bridge collapse. In a joint “limitation of liability” filing Monday, Singapore-based Grace Ocean Pte. Ltd., the cargo ship’s owner, and Synergy…
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